Mrs Whiggins

Grilled pork chops, grits, greens, and Gibsons. It's almost the weekend...

He's not dead, he's just Festering...

With his ten children and Supercharger Womb Room, I like how Elon is at least attempting to help his fanbois visualize what a uterus (and vagina) looks like even if it's not quite as accurate or as pleasurable as the real thing.

Switched to fiction and read The God of Small Things (1997) by Arundhati Roy. Winner of the Booker Prize that same year (with some controversy) it was a compelling fascinating novel. Really enjoyed the author's method of narrative. Took some getting used to, but it worked for me as the story unfolded.

...and I'm sure the response is overwhelmingly positive and, unlike the cybertruck, enthusiastic about being washed.

Incredulity, It was just a little bit after that; the first vaccines for measles were licensed around the early 60s and the school requirement came around somewhat slowly a few states at a time until pretty much all had various requirements by the early 70's. interestingly enough after there was an outbreak in Texarkana, where the measles cases among Texas children were twelve times that of Arkansas children (Arkansas had the school requirement but Texas did not), Texas got on board. By the time Carter was president, the nation was aiming for herd immunity. However, other vaccines were required for school much earlier in the 20th century such as smallpox, diphtheria, and polio.

Maybe not every day, but pass me the punjabi samosa platter and a plate of mutter paneer and stand back.

It isn't a new movie, but we saw H Is For Happiness (2019) last evening and it was oddball, charming, sad, and hilarious. It reminded me of the Netflix movie, Dumplin,' with Jennifer Anniston in that it takes a serious topic and its effects from the perspective of the child/teen. it's a good watch. The two movies share something else but you gotta watch it for that. Here's a trailer:

It's a large country. Much history, but you're entitled to your opinion.

One thing about the new Twitter/X is that without authentic verification, the Nazis can easily have multiple accounts similar to what this woman did with hers. She has at least 3 accounts apparently. People did that on the Dorsey version as well, but there was an attempt at least to minimize some of the damage due to bot swarms of hate, etc. *you're

It's Monday which is that ugh, meeting day where the asshats that can't get their ish together send out the agenda about two hours before the meeting so yeah, martinis are a good plan while dinner is cooking. Cocktail: martinis with Hayman's Extra Dry London gin, Noilly Prat vermouth, and a pick with 3 Mezzetta Spanish Queen Martini Olives served with wonton soup--celery, carrots, onions, parsley from the garden, and chicken broth. Four more days to the weekend but who's counting? I guess I am!

Sigh. So that's how it is in their family. j/k

I don't have stats from reputable sources, the answer for status depends on a couple of things. Anyone entering the US at the border who wishes to become a legal resident must either have docs or receive the required immunizations; same with minors due to school requirements. Anyone who is arriving from a refugee camp where there has been an outbreak (of whatever disease) is also required to be vaccinated. Vaccines are offered to all IIRC. Also, every entrant must undergo a health check and that is the rub as measles (along with many other viruses) is contagious prior to symptoms appearing. After that, it's going to depend. Many of the cases appearing in the US have been due to travel back and forth from Europe and the Middle East where there are several outbreaks along with low vaccination rates in scattered pockets across the US. LAX receives a lot of travelers as do other airports in major urban areas, so like COVID, it's a gamble as to whether the afflicted would spread the illness among random people but in one of the last big outbreaks some years ago, it was travel from Israel to NYC that led to a lot of cases among the Orthodox community there (low vaccine rates). I can't remember if there were any fatalities but I think one woman miscarried after she was hospitalized.

Worried about fertility and a declining birth rate? Hey, let's expose children to illnesses that can kill or maim them!

Less well known and omitted from the article was the boy band Billy started: Durant Durant. I could definitely see shades of Elon that references the cybertruck in their biggest hit from the wayback machine: Hey now, woo, look at that, did he nearly run you down At the end of the drive, the lawmen arrive You make me feel alive, alive, alive I'll take my chance, 'cause luck is on my side or something I know what you're thinking, I'll tell you something, I know what you're thinking His name is Elmo, you don't need to understand And I might find him if I'm looking like I can Oh Elmo, Elmo, hear them shout across the land From eighty thousand in a month to a couple grand.

Sorry Elmo, my Prada's at the cleaners.

I would agree that safety nets (whether government, family, or society) are something that perhaps American culture seems to find alien and/or abhorrent but those are the very things that can encourage young women to consider childbirth. Sometimes it is not the thought that "I can have it all" that is the career (desire) motivation, it is the fear that "it can all be taken away from me" that is the decision driver. Regardless of child support financial arrangements, a woman with offspring who suddenly becomes single (through divorce or other circumstances) faces poverty at a much higher percentage. If she has no higher education due to staying at home post HS or was not employed (while having babies) even with a college degree , then entering the workforce at a disadvantage is a given. The situation is improving in some fields, but it's still difficult enough to give one pause and perhaps want to have some skills, money, or other things in place and getting those things takes time. That was pointed out--that it's a choice, but our country has only ever really considered the upper and upper middle class women when questioning those things because working class women have almost always had to work throughout history and manage both and without few if any safety nets at all. Some act as if women are essentially instinctual creatures who don't have the intellectual capacity to think, to question, to invent, to dream.

^^ Yes, I knew Qualley was her daughter and am hoping she does well. Lanthimos has one other work (as director) in the pre-production pipeline that's been announced but with little information other than it's a remake project whatever that means. Emma Stone is currently rumored to be attached to that one but no other cast listed. The writers are Joon-Hwan Jang (Save the Green Planet) and Will Tracy (The Menu, Succession, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver). Lanthimos seems to select his projects thoughtfully so I'm keeping that one on my radar for further info when more time passes.

I watched Shoah several months ago when I was ill and stuck on the couch and it was indeed worth the watch and yes, devastating and heartbreaking. Long, but nine hours is nothing when one thinks of the time cut from millions of lives taken. For a different theme, Roko Belic's Happy (2011) is a good view. Very uplifting. I agree that anything nature related with Richard Attenborough is worth a watch. The Ken Burns films, too. We enjoyed the 2020 doc on the Bee Gees, How Can You Mend A Broken Heart when it came out on HBO. Some other older ones, Manufacturing Consent (about Noam Chomsky and media); Hoop Dreams (obv. basketball); Won't You Be My Neighbor? (Mr. Rogers but it's not the one with Tom Hanks); March of the Penguins.

One thing I've really enjoyed about not only the Deadpool movies, but some of Reynold's other movies is his working in the old pop hits into the soundtrack. It makes me laugh and strikes me as fitting his personality and perhaps Canadian-ness. Getting the audience to laugh with him and at him so that he's imminently likeable as you watch the movie.

No, the adults didn't behave properly at all. The weirdest but most predictable part of the article was the aggrieved walk out parents acting as if they were some sort of freedom fighters on behalf of their 'victim' status. Yeah, y'all get back to me when fire hoses and attack dogs are directed toward you as you exit the stadium. That had to be one of the more stupid petty sports parent things I've read of late and it's not like there's not much material coast to coast when it comes to youth sports.

Per usual the photos are top notch and the food always looks sooooo good. That roast beef from back in March, oh my word, that is one of my favorite meals--beef with potatoes, carrots, and homemade rolls or a Yorkshire pud. One of my kiddos is working for a company that has offices in Dublin and London and I keep waiting for the news that a move to there is coming because those two cities were places to which he wanted to return for an extended stay.

Whatever happens, follow all manufacturer's instructions when washing the car afterwards.